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The bulk of the recipes in this book appear to be in the hands of Anne Fitzhugh Ledyard (1832-1919) and her daughter, Jane S. Ledyard Remington (1863-1953). A few recipes were added by one or two unknown persons.  The book seems to have been begun when Jane was a young woman and continued until shortly before the death of her mother.  The book contains approximately 50 pages of culinary recipes and eight pages of poetry. The recipes include raspberry vinegar, oyster pie, bread, and various puddings and cakes.

Now operated as Lorenzo State Historic Site, the estate known as Lorenzo was built by John Lincklaen and his wife, Helen Ledyard Lincklaen, in 1807. Upon the death of Mrs. Lincklaen, in 1847, Lorenzo was inherited by her nephew, Lincklaen Ledyard (1820-1864), who legally reversed his name to Ledyard Lincklaen. Anne Fitzhugh Ledyard was the wife Ledyard Lincklaen’s brother, George Strawbridge Ledyard, Sr. (1825-1890), and Jane S. Ledyard Remington was one of the couple’s three children.